[Waldo Press] Rip Van Winkle E-List 21 he is best known for

he is best known for the fine precision of his prints and the realism of his watercolors" (Wikipedia)

with black text to spine spine and gilt title to the front board with a color decoration of gilt-outlined grapes and leaves

Admission card for the exhibition printed in black with blanks (“Admit ___ and friends / Compliments of ___”)

Silk ribbon loosely inserted

providing a simply remarkable effect to this binding

[Waldo Press] Rip Van Winkle E-List 21 he is best known forIrving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. Cleveland: Waldo Press of Charles M. Hill, 1900. Limited to 150 copies, of which this is #70. Signed in black ink by Hill and dated "January 29, 1901" on limitation page. "With Illumined Initials Drawn in by Hand", done in various colors (presumably by Hill). Bound in 3 4 brown suede with coarse brown burlap boards; title stamped vertically on the front cover near spine. Measures approx. 6. 25" x 9. 25". Given the